English words: amyloidopathy to anaesthetical
300 English words, part 71 of 158 of the words starting with A, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.
English words amyloidopathy to anaesthetical
- amyloidopathy noun: The presence of amyloid peptide plaques in the brain
- amyloidophilic adjective: Attracted to amyloid and thus used to counter prion diseases
- amyloidosis noun /æmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/: Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
- amyloidotic adjective: Of or pertaining to amyloidosis
- amyloidotropic adjective: Having an affinity for amyloid tissue
- amylolysin noun: A lantibiotic present in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
- amylolysis noun: The conversion of starch into sugar by the action of acids or enzymes such as amylase.
- amylolytic adjective, noun: Relating to amylolysis
- amylom noun: Alternative form of amylome.
- amylomaltase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transglycosylation of maltose or maltodextrins
- amylome noun: All the parenchymal proteins (of a plant) that are capable of forming amyloid fibres
- amylometer noun: An instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.
- amylometric adjective: Relating to the measurement of the amount of starch in a substance.
- amylopectin noun: A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
- amylopectinosis noun: Glycogen storage disease type IV
- amylophagia noun: The pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.
- amylophagic adjective: Relating to, or suffering from, amylophagia
- amylophagy noun: Alternative form of amylophagia.
- amyloplast noun: A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose.
- amyloplastic adjective: starch-forming; amylogenic
- amylopsin noun: A pancreatic form of amylase.
- amylopullulanase noun: A glycoside hydrolase enzyme with amylase and pullulanase activity.
- amylose noun: The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
- amylosome noun: A globular association of amylase.
- amylosphere noun: Synonym of amylospheroid.
- amylospheroid noun: A spherical aggregate of an amyloid
- amylostatin noun: Any material that inhibits amylase
- amylosucrase noun: An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose, the released glucose moiety being added to a glycan
- amylotriose noun: Synonym of maltotriose.
- amylovoran noun: A capsular exopolysaccharide present in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora
- amylum noun /ˈæmɪləm/: starch
- amylum star noun: A vegetative propagative body filled with starch, located around the lower nodes of certain stoneworts.
- amyluria noun: A condition in which starch is found in the urine.
- amynodontid noun: Any mammal in the extinct family †Amynodontidae.
- amyocarditic adjective: That does not involve myocarditis
- amyopathic adjective: Not myopathic.
- amyoplasia noun: A congenital condition in which there is a lack of muscle development.
- amyostasia noun: muscle tremors; a difficulty in standing because of this condition
- amyostatic adjective: Relating to, or suffering from amyostasia
- amyosthenia noun: Myasthenia.
- amyosthenic adjective, noun: Of or relating to amyosthenia.
- amyotonia noun: Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital.
- amyotrophia noun: Alternative form of amyotrophy.
- amyotrophic adjective: Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles).
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis noun: A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.
- amyotrophy noun: atrophy of muscles
- Amyraldian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Amyraldism.
- Amyraldianism noun: Amyraldism
- Amyraldism noun: Synonym of four-point Calvinism.
- Amyraldist noun: Synonym of Amyraldian.
- amyrin noun: Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
- amyris noun: Any plant of the genus Amyris.
- amyroot noun: A plant of species Apocynum cannabinum.
- amyss noun: Alternative spelling of amice.
- amytal noun: Synonym of amobarbital.
- amyxorrhea noun: Absence of the normal mucous secretion.
- an article, conjunction, noun, number, prefix, preposition, suffix /ˈæn/: Used before a vowel sound.
- an all adverb /ən ˈɔːl/: Alternative form of and all.
- an angel passes phrase: Used to denote an awkward pause.
- an apple a day noun: Ellipsis of an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay proverb: Alternative form of an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away proverb /əˈn‿æpəl‿ə ˈdeɪ ˈkiːps ðə ˈdɒktəɹ‿əˈweɪ/: Apples are healthy and stave off illnesses.
- an arm and a leg noun: Usually used after the verb cost, but also often charge, pay, and spend: a very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price
- an army marches on its stomach proverb: One must eat properly if one wants to perform tasks well.
- an-cap adjective, noun: Alternative form of ancap (“anarcho-capitalist”).
- an egg's age noun: A very long time.
- an Englishman's home is his castle proverb: Synonym of a man's home is his castle.
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth proverb: compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
- an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind proverb: A policy of revenge will lead to counterretaliations rather than peaceful resolutions.
- an hero noun, verb /æn ˈhɪəɹəʊ/: To commit suicide.
- an if conjunction: If.
- an image is worth a thousand words proverb: Alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words.
- an insult to one is an insult to all phrase: When individuals are insulted based on their characteristics, that insult also applies to everybody who shares them.
- anæmia noun: Dated spelling of anaemia.
- anæmic adjective: Dated spelling of anaemic.
- anæmical adjective: Dated spelling of anaemical.
- anæmically adverb: Dated spelling of anaemically.
- an old dog for a hard road proverb: It takes an experienced person to execute a difficult undertaking.
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure proverb: It is better to prevent a disease than to have to cure it.
- an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure proverb: Alternative form of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure proverb: Alternative form of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
- anæsthesia noun: Dated spelling of anaesthesia.
- anæsthesic adjective: Dated spelling of anesthesic.
- anæsthetic adjective, noun: Dated spelling of anaesthetic.
- an't verb: amn't; am not
- ana adverb, noun, prefix, suffix /ˈæ.nə/: A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
- Anaang noun: An ethnic group of southern Nigeria.
- anabaena noun: Any cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena.
- anabaenoid adjective: Belonging to or resembling the Anabaena, a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria that exist as plankton.
- anabaenolysin noun: Any of a group of cytolytic lipopeptides present in cyanobacteria of the genus Anabaena.
- anabaenopeptin noun: Any of a group of biologically-active peptides present in cyanobacteria, principally of the genus Anabaena.
- anabantid noun: Any member of the family Anabantidae of climbing perches.
- anabantiform noun: Any fish of the order Anabantiformes
- anabantoid noun: A fish of the suborder Anabantoidei, a labyrinth fish.
- anabaptise verb: Alternative form of anabaptize.
- Anabaptism noun /ænəˈbæptɪzm/: The doctrine espoused by Anabaptists.
- anabaptist adjective, noun /ænəˈbæptɪst/: A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
- Anabaptistic adjective: Of or relating to the Anabaptists.
- Anabaptistical adjective: Of or relating to the Anabaptists.
- Anabaptistically adverb: In the manner of the Anabaptists.
- Anabaptistry noun: The Anabaptist theology
- anabaptize verb: To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen
- anabas noun: A fish of the genus Anabas, a kind of climbing gourami.
- anabaseine noun: The alkaloid 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2,3'-bipyridine related to nicotine
- anabasine noun: A pyridine alkaloid similar to nicotine, found in Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco), a close relative of the common tobacco plant, formerly used as an...
- anabasis noun /əˈnæbəsɪs/: A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
- anabasius noun: A kind of courier who travelled on horseback or in a chariot, conveying messages and commands.
- anabathrid noun: Any sea snail in the family Anabathridae.
- anabathrum noun /ˌæn.əˈbæθ.ɹəm/: A raised seat, chair or platform; a pulpit.
- anabatic adjective, noun: rising (up a slope)
- anabatic wind noun: An upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the...
- anabatically adverb: In an anabatic manner.
- Anabel proper noun: A female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Annabel.
- anabelian adjective /ˌænəˈbiliən/: Of or relating to anabelian geometry, a proposed theory describing the way the algebraic fundamental group G of an algebraic variety (or some related...
- anabelian geometry noun: A theory which describes the way in which the algebraic fundamental group G of an algebraic variety (or some related geometric object) V determines how V...
- anabelioid noun: An anabelian category or similar structure
- Anabella proper noun: A female given name.
- Anabelle proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
- anaberoga noun: A fungal disease of certain palm trees.
- anabibazon noun: The ascending lunar node, where the Moon moves into the northern ecliptic hemisphere.
- anabiong noun: The flowering tree Trema orientale.
- anabiosis noun: A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.
- anabiotic adjective, noun: Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis.
- anablepid noun: Any fish in the family Anablepidae.
- anableps noun: Synonym of four-eyed fish.
- anabohitsite noun: An olivine- and hornblende-bearing pyroxenite mineral.
- anabolic adjective, noun /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/: Of or relating to anabolism.
- anabolic steroid noun: A class of steroid hormones that promote growth of tissue.
- anabolic window noun: A window of time of increased anabolic activity.
- anabolically adverb: By means of anabolism
- anabolise verb: Alternative form of anabolize.
- anabolised adjective, verb: Alternative form of anabolized.
- anabolism noun /əˈnæ.bəˌlɪ.zəm/: The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
- anabolite noun: Any substance produced as a result of anabolism
- anabolitic adjective: Relating to anabolism or to anabolites
- anabolize verb: To cause or to undergo anabolism.
- anabolized adjective, verb: Modified by anabolism
- anabolizing adjective, verb: Leading to anabolism
- anabranch noun /ˈænəbɹæntʃ/: A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
- anabranched adjective: Having an anabranch.
- anabranching adjective: Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge.
- anabrosis noun: wasting away
- anacampsis noun /ˌænəˈkæmpsɪs/: A figure of speech in which the speaker returns to the original subject after a digression.
- anacamptic adjective: Reflecting or reflected (sound or light).
- anacamptically adverb: In an anacamptic manner; by reflection of sound.
- anacamptics noun: The science of reflection of light or sound
- anacampylotropous adjective: campylotropous and inverted
- anacanthobatid noun: Any skate in the family Anacanthobatidae.
- anacanthous adjective: Without thorns or spines.
- Anacapa proper noun: An island of Ventura County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.
- Anacapri proper noun /ɑnəˈkɑpɹi/: A comune of Capri, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
- anacardate noun: A salt or ester of anacardic acid.
- anacardiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
- anacardic adjective, noun: Pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).
- anacardic acid noun: A yellow liquid obtainable from the shell of the cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale), closely related to urushiol, and also causing itchiness like urushiol.
- anacardium nut noun: The fruit of the tree Semecarpus anacardium.
- anacardol noun: A natural product, of uncertain structure, isolated from the seeds of Anacardium occidentale.
- anacatharsis noun: Vomiting (emesis) or expectoration.
- anacathartic adjective, noun: That produces vomiting.
- anacaulase noun: A medication containing bromelain, used for eschar removal.
- anacephalaeosis noun: A brief restatement or repetition of the principal heads or main points of an argument or discourse; a recapitulation, especially as used in the peroration...
- anacetrapib noun: A drug being developed to treat hypercholesterolemia.
- anacharis noun: Any freshwater weed of genus Elodea in the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), native to America; the waterweed or water thyme.
- anachitis noun: In divination, a stone used for various purposes.
- anachoresis noun: The transportation of foreign bodies via blood or lymph and subsequent collection at a site of inflammation.
- anachoret noun: Alternative spelling of anchorite.
- anachorete noun: Alternative spelling of anchorite.
- anachoretic adjective: Living in isolation.
- anachoric adjective: Not in the proper or natural place; foreign.
- anachorism noun: Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country.
- anachorite noun: Alternative spelling of anchorite.
- anachronic adjective: Synonym of anachronistic.
- anachronical adjective: Synonym of anachronistic.
- anachronically adverb: In an anachronic manner.
- anachronise verb: Alternative form of anachronize.
- anachronism noun /əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/: A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
- anachronismatic adjective: anachronistic
- anachronismatical adjective: anachronistic
- anachronist noun: A person who has anachronistic views or habits
- anachronistic adjective /əˌnæk.ɹəˈnɪs.tɪk/: Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
- anachronistical adjective: Synonym of anachronistic.
- anachronistically adverb /əˌnækɹəˈnɪstɪkli/: In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
- anachronize verb /əˈnækɹənaɪz/: To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
- anachronous adjective: Synonym of anachronistic.
- anachronously adverb: anachronistically
- anachrony noun: Synonym of anachronism.
- anachronym noun /əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/: A word, phrase, or term that has become outdated or technically inaccurate because it refers to a technology or practice from a previous time, yet it...
- anacidic adjective: Not acidic; free from acid.
- anacidity noun: Lack of acidity, as of the stomach.
- anack noun: A kind of bread prepared using oatmeal.
- anacladogenesis noun: anagenetic speciation
- anaclasis noun: an exchange of place between a short syllable and a preceding long one that is frequent in Ionic metres.
- anaclastic adjective: Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
- anaclastic glass noun: A glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, with a very thin convex bottom that can be made concave or convex by sucking out or blowing in air, used...
- anaclastics noun: The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
- anacline noun: The part of a shell in which the interarea is at an angle of less than 90° to the plane of commissure
- anaclisis noun /ˌænəˈklaɪsɪs/: The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- anaclitic adjective /ænəˈklɪtɪk/: Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g., hunger).
- anaclitically adverb: In an anaclitic manner.
- anaclitism noun: The pattern of deriving adult sexual arousal from objects that one was exposed to as an infant. The fetish value often stems from tactile stimulation...
- anacoenosis noun: A rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to their hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point or matter in debate.
- anacolouth noun: Alternative spelling of anacoluth.
- anacoloutha noun: A non-reciprocal synonym; a word of meaning similar to a word but that cannot substitute for that word in all uses.
- anacolouthic adjective: Alternative spelling of anacoluthic.
- anacolouthistic adjective: Alternative spelling of anacoluthistic.
- anacolouthon noun: Alternative spelling of anacoluthon.
- anacolouthons noun: plural of anacolouthon
- anacolpate adjective: Having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.
- anacoluth noun: Synonym of anacoluthon.
- anacolutha noun: Alternative spelling of anacoloutha.
- anacoluthia noun: A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
- anacoluthic adjective: Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
- anacoluthically adverb: In an anacoluthic manner.
- anacoluthistic adjective: Having qualities of or resembling an anacoluthon.
- anacoluthon noun /ænəkəˈluːθɒn/: A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
- anaconda noun /ˌænəˈkɒndə/: Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
- anaconda mortgage noun: A loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.
- anacoracid noun: Any shark in the family Anacoracidae.
- Anacortes proper noun /ˌænəˈkɔːrtəs/: A city located on Fidalgo island, Skagit county in the state of Washington, USA.
- anacoustic adjective: anechoic, soundless
- Anacreon proper noun /əˈnækɹiən/: An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek lyric poet (570 BCE – 488 BCE), notable for his drinking songs and hymns.
- anacreontic adjective, noun /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/: Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
- anacreontically adverb: In an anacreontic manner.
- anacrisis noun: A stage of the Ancient Greek judicial process in which all of the evidence is produced prior to the trial.
- anacrogynous adjective /ˌæn.əˈkɹɒdʒ.ən.əs/: Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
- anacronym noun /əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/: An acronym that is usually no longer thought of as such, but instead treated as a regular word and styled in lower case despite its etymological origin.
- anacronymic adjective: Of or pertaining to anacronyms.
- anacronymically adverb: In an anacronymic manner.
- anacrophore noun: A plant that lacks an acrophore
- anacrotic adjective: Relating to anacrotism.
- anacrotism noun /əˈnæk.ɹəˌtɪz.əm/: A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing, possibly indicative of an abnormal pulse due to heart or arterial issues.
- anacrusic adjective: Of or pertaining to anacrusis
- anacrusis noun /anəˈkɹuːsɪs/: An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
- anacrustic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to anacrusis.
- anacrustically adverb: In an anacrustic manner.
- anacusia noun: Alternative form of anacusis.
- anacusic adjective: Totally deaf.
- anacusis noun: Total deafness.
- anacyclamide noun: Any of a group of prenylated cyanobactins in a cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena.
- anacyclic adjective: palindromic
- anacyclosis noun: A cyclical theory of political evolution.
- Anadama noun: Short for Anadama bread
- Anadama bread noun: A traditional yeast bread of New England, made with wheat flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour.
- Anadarko proper noun: A city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.
- anadem noun /ˈa.nə.dɛm/: A headband, especially a garland of flowers.
- anadenia noun: Insufficiency or lack of glands, especially those of the gastrointestinal system.
- ANADEW phrase: Acronym of a natlang did it except/even worse; a phrase used to reference that a natural language (natlang) often has an even more outlandish version of...
- anadicrotic adjective: Synonym of anacrotic.
- anadicrotism noun: Synonym of anacrotism.
- anadidymus noun: An abnormality in which conjoined twins have a single head and upper body
- anadiplosis noun /ˌænədəˈploʊsɪs/: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
- anadiplotic adjective: Relating to anadiplosis.
- anadipsia noun: Synonym of polydipsia.
- anadrom noun: Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
- anadrome noun /ˈæ.nə.dɹoʊm/: A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- anadromic adjective: Alternative form of anadromous.
- anadromous adjective /əˈnad.ɹə.məs/: That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
- anadromus adjective: Alternative form of anadromous.
- anadromy noun: The migration of fish, from salt water to fresh water, as adults
- Anadyr proper noun: A port town, the administrative center of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in extreme northeastern Russia.
- Anadyr fox noun: A red fox of subspecies Vulpes vulpes beringiana, endemic to the far east of Russia.
- anaemia noun: Alternative spelling of anemia.
- anaemial adjective: Rare spelling of anemial.
- anaemiated adjective: Alternative form of anemiated.
- anaemic adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of anemic.
- anaemical adjective: Alternative spelling of anemical.
- anaemically adverb: Alternative spelling of anemically.
- anaerobe noun /ˈænəˌɹoʊb/: An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
- anaerobial adjective: Alternative form of anaerobic.
- anaerobian adjective: anaerobic
- anaerobic adjective /ˌænəˈɹoʊbɪk/: Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
- anaerobically adverb: In an anaerobic manner; in a way that does not require oxygen. Generally used of metabolic processes.
- anaerobicidal adjective: Acting to kill anaerobic bacteria.
- anaerobicide noun: A drug which kills anaerobic bacteria
- anaerobicity noun: The state of being anaerobic
- anaerobics noun: anaerobic exercise
- anaerobies noun: anaerobes
- anaerobiontic adjective: That does not need air (oxygen) to survive
- anaerobiosis noun: Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen)
- anaerobiotic adjective: Synonym of anaerobic.
- anaerobiotically adverb: In an anaerobiotic manner.
- anaerobious adjective: anaerobic
- anaerobism noun: The property of being anaerobic.
- anaerobium noun: Synonym of anaerobe.
- anaerobox noun: An anaerobic box used for biological experiments
- anaerogenic adjective: That does not produce (or suppresses the production of) air or gas
- anaerolineacean noun: Any bacterium of the family Anaerolineaceae
- anaerophilic adjective: Not aerophilic
- anaerophyte noun /əˈneɪəɹəʊfaɪt/: Any plant that does not require a direct supply of air
- anaesthesia noun: Alternative spelling of anesthesia.
- anaesthesic adjective: Alternative spelling of anesthesic.
- anaesthesiologic adjective: Alternative form of anesthesiologic.
- anaesthesiological adjective: Alternative form of anesthesiological.
- anaesthesiologist noun: Alternative spelling of anesthesiologist.
- anaesthesiology noun: Alternative spelling of anesthesiology.
- anaesthesiometry noun: Alternative form of anesthesiometry.
- anaesthesis noun: loss of feeling; insensibility
- anaesthete noun: One who is afflicted with anesthesia.
- anaesthetic adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of anesthetic.
- anaesthetical adjective: Of or relating to anaesthesis, characteristic of anesthesia.
Part 70 · Part 72 · English words: A
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.